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Liz Preciado, owner, and Deb Manning, assistant director, of Mosaic Iowa City. Ten Thousand Villages

Downtown Iowa City fair trade retailer rebrands, expands mission

Downtown Iowa City’s Ten Thousand Villages will rebrand as Mosaic Iowa City, marking what owner Liz Preciado called a strategic shift to support ethical commerce and fair trade practices on a broader scale. The nonprofit retailer, which has operated as…

Video: ICDD shares returns of 10 years of investment in report

The Iowa City Downtown District (ICDD) announced this week in its 10 Year Anniversary Mission…

The Iowa City Downtown District currently has around 2,000 residents living within district boundaries.

Almost Famous Popcorn CEO shares D.C. experience 

Fears of a recession loom darkly over small business owners, but Sydney Rieckhoff left the…

Marion company receives one of Iowa’s first Industry 4.0 grants

As president of Marion-based Woodcrafters Inc., Dan Sanderson is always working to use his 25…